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Serverless vs. Traditional Deployment: Which One Should You Choose for Your Project?

Sanjay Prajapati
4 min readOct 19, 2024

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When deploying an application, the choice between serverless architecture and traditional deployment is one of the key decisions that can shape the project’s success. Each has its advantages, drawbacks, and ideal use cases.

In this blog post, we’ll break down the differences between the two, discuss their pros and cons, and help you determine which one might be the right fit for your next project.

What is Serverless Deployment?

Serverless architecture allows you to build and run applications without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure. Popular serverless platforms like AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions allow developers to focus solely on writing code, while the cloud provider automatically provisions, scales, and manages the server environment.

With serverless, you’re not worrying about provisioning or managing servers. Instead, the cloud provider does the heavy lifting. You only pay for what you use — resources are scaled dynamically, meaning no idle server time costs.

What is Traditional Deployment?

Traditional deployment, also known as server-based deployment, involves setting up, configuring, and…

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Sanjay Prajapati
Sanjay Prajapati

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